Archive - The Magazine Diaries

January 2025

Are newsletter dates very important?

Plus Katie Vanneck-Smith tells me off and Tina Brown says magazines are mostly done

Jan 30

We don't need this fascist groove thang

A few observations from the week Elmo waved me bye bye from Twitter

Jan 22

Profitable publishing principles

Plus Mr Magazine's launch of the year and a bakery brand's pivot to print

Jan 15 •

Meta's abdication of responsibility is an opportunity for magazine makers

I wasn’t planning to write another newsletter until next week, but I find myself somewhat exercised by what Kara Swisher called, “the most cynical move…

Jan 9 •

What I want to be when I grow up

Last year was a doozy… I got married to Joanna, we published the fourth issue of The Grub Street Journal, I spoke about Why print won’t lie down and die…

Jan 6 •

November 2024

A very particular set of skills

Magazine publishers have the weapons to fight Trump's fashy dystopia

Nov 7, 2024 •

October 2024

Be passionate about profit

Passion for your subject is not enough, print publishers need profits to keep publishing

Oct 4, 2024 •

August 2024

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